Different Strokes of Poetry

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Life must take the pace it has to...

Life must take the pace it has to Not the pace you set Not the pace of the jet set Not the pace anyone may let Life must take the pace it has to If love must flourish And the times we must cherish and our peace we must brandish Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

When poetry flows...the mind grows

When poetry flows, the mind glows; when the mind glows, Depth mows. When the depth mows the thought pearl sows When the thought pearl sows thoughts stream out in rows When thoughts stream out in rows, the mind grows. Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

What is this thing called pain?

What is this thing called pain which comes again and again What is this thing called pain from which I cannot refrain? It comes even in the days of rain It comes even in the days of gain It moves and moves in a different vein It stops and stops within like a train What is this thing called pain?... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Love shows ...

Love shows in the shadows in the darkness of life in times of adversity Love shows under the sun in the brightness of life in times of joy and happiness. Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

When the rains come...

When the rains come the plants are agog as if their love has come and enveloped them They are green not with envy but with a sense of fertility They blush not in red They are different from human beings When the rains come the crows are crowing to predict another shower that will soon be around They... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

sick people, ill people, dying people, dead...

Sick people, ill people, dying people, dead, that's what constitutes a casualty ward; Well people, happy people, vying people, wed, that's also a casualty ward. Damned people, margin people, outcast people, sad that's a casualty ward too; Cared for people, prayed for people, in-people well-fed,... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

What is the world about? Is there any meaning?

What is the world about? is there any meaning? Is there any point in living? What is the world about? Any co-ordination? Any synchronisation? What is the world about? Does it make any sense? Everything so dense? What is the world about? Whither love and care? Whither courage and dare? Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Invoking what spirits?

When we invoke the spirits what spirits do we invoke? Is it the spirits the religions talk about Is it the spirit of life? Is it the spirit of nature? Is it the spirit to be free Is it the spirit of a dear departed with unfulfilled desires Is it the spirit of eternity? Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Amen amen amen to my good? bad? old life

Amen amen amen to my good? bad? ole life. Hosanna in the highest to my new life A life that's mixed with work and fun A life that keeps me on the run A life where I can meet people Yet withdraw like a recluse: A life where I can be forthright Yet be in empathy. Welcome to my world Welcome indeed And... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Is marriage about a bed of roses or a rose of beds?

Is marriage about a bed of roses with thorns below it not visible from aerial view which surface once the petals fall off? Or is marriage about a rose of beds made of petals where you shift from one petal to another depending on the life-season? Sign in to see full entry.

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